Faculty Information - CORTEZ Michael A.

■ Education

1.

2006/05～2010/12

〔Doctorial Course〕, Graduate School of Business, De La Salle University Manila, Completed, Doctor of Business Administration(DBA)

■ Academic and professional experience

1.	2007/09	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Associate Professor
2.	2001/05～2007/08	De La Salle University Manila Assistant Professor

■ Current specialized field

Accounting, Business administration, Environmental policy and social systems, Tourism studies

■ Works

1.

2024/08/26

Artificial Intelligence Training for Educators: Practical and Ethical Approaches (Sabin Resort Hotel)

■ Books and theses

1.	2026/03/17	Article	Governance and Value: A Disaggregated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Analysis of Corporate Financial Performance (CFP) in Philippine Publicly Listed Firms 2026(06),pp.1-47 (Collaboration)
2.	2025/07/01	Article	Leveraging Capital Structures of Philippine PubliclyListed Companies De La Salle Business & Economics Review 35(1),pp.77-93 (Single)
3.	2025/03/01	Article	The Impact of ESG on Corporate Financial Performance: The Case of Global Energy Companies Asia-Pacific Social Science Review 25(1),pp.1-23 (Collaboration)
4.	2025/01/01	Article	Determinants of Corporate Capital Structure and the Emerging Role of Intangibles and Innovations: The Case of Japanese Corporations DLSU Business & Economics Review 34(2),pp.1-13 (Single)
5.	2022/12/20	Book	Theoretical Perspectives on the Emerging Roles of Key Players in Setting Tourism Carrying Capacity: Philippine Case Study People, Planet, Profit Principles and Practices of Sustainable Tourism ISBN 978-971-555-710-8 1(2022),pp.276-292 (Single)
6.	2016/02	Article	Proposing a sustainable tourism framework for the Philippines DLSU Notes and Briefings 4(2),pp.1-8 (Collaboration)
7.	2014/10	Article	Environmental Responsibility, Financial Performance, and the Green Supply Chain Management of Japanese Automotive Companies Business Studies Journal 6(1),pp.137-154 (Collaboration)
8.	2014/09	Article	Fast Fashion Quadrangle: An Analysis Academy of Marketing Studies Journal 18(1),pp.1-8 (Collaboration)
9.	2013/06	Book	Movement of Natural Persons Between the Philippines and Japan: Issues and Prospects pp.133-176 (Collaboration)
10.	2012/12	Article	The Determinants of Corporate Capital Structure: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing Companies Journal of International Business Research SI(3),pp.121-134 (Collaboration)
11.	2012/03	Book	Green Growth: Managing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy. Learning By Doing in East Asia and Europe. Chapter 9 - Environmental Innovations and Financial Performance of Japanese Companies. Authors Diego A. Vazquez-Brust. Joseph Sarkis. 1,pp.173-190 (Collaboration)
12.	2012/01	Article	The Japanese Multinational Enterprise Influence on Sustainability Reporting Practices of Philippine Subsidiaries: A Theoretical Review DLSU Business & Economics Review 22(1),pp.37-46 (Single)
13.	2011/11	Article	Do Markets Care About Social and Environmental Performance? Evidence from the Tokyo Stock Exchange Journal of International Business Research 10(Special Issue 2),pp.15-22 (Single)
14.	2011/11	Article	Resource-based view of slack availability of resources: a perception survey of Japanese automotive & electronics companies Journal of International Business Research 10(Special Issue 3),pp.1-18 (Collaboration)
15.	2011/11	Article	Sustainability and Firm Performance: A Case Study of Japanese Electronics Companies Ritsumeikan International Affairs Journal 10(Nov. 2011),pp.321-339 (Collaboration)
16.	2011/08	Article	The Virtuous Cycles Between Environmental Innovations and Financial Performance: Case Study of Japanese Automotive and Electronics Companies Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal 15(Special Issue 2),pp.31-44 (Collaboration)
17.	2011/07	Article	Resource productivity of Japanese manufacturing subsidiaries in the Philippines: a comparative case study DLSU Business & Economics Review 21(1),pp.15-28 (Single)
18.	2010/12	Article	Is it beneficial to incur environmental cost? A case study of Toyota Motors Corporation, Japan Journal of International Business Research 9(Special 2),pp.113-140 (Collaboration)
19.	2010/12	Article	The impact of environmental innovations on firm performance: the case of Japanese automotive and electronics companies Journal of International Business Research 9(Special 1),pp.33-46 (Collaboration)
20.	2010/01	Book	Chapter 10. Migration under a Japan-Philippines free trade agreement (Collaboration)
21.	2010/01	Article	Resource productivity of Japanese multinational companies in the Philippines Asia Pacific Business Innovation & Technology Management 2(2010),pp.1113 (Single)
22.	2009/02	Article	Japan-Philippines Free Trade Agreement: Opportunities for the Movement of Workers Ritsumeikan International Affairs 7(2009),pp.125-144 (Single)
23.	2008/07/01	Article	Opportunities & Constraints in Business Process Outsourcing for Accounting & Shared Services in the Phils. Proceedings of the 10th DLSU Science & Technology Congress 1(1),pp.10-30 (Collaboration)
24.	2006/12/01	Article	Enhancing the Movement of Natural Persons in the ASEAN Region: Opportunities & Constraints Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) 2006(23),pp.1-85 (Collaboration)
25.	2005/07/01	Article	Movement of Natural Persons between Phils. & Japan: Issues & Prospects DLSU Business & Economics Review 16(6),pp.1-30 (Collaboration)
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■ Academic or professional association memberships

1.	2011/01～2015/03	APBERS Conferences formerly known as APUGSM Conference
2.	2011/01～2015/03	∟ Conference Chair
3.	2010/11～2011/11	International Association of Asia Pacific Studies
4.	2010/01～2011/12	Asia Pacific Business and IT Management Society
5.	2005/01～2015/03	Angelo King Institute for Economics and Business Studies
6.	2010/11～2014/02	∟ Research Partner
7.	2001/01～2015/02	DLSU Center for Business Research and Development
8.	2010/11～2015/12	∟ Editorial Consultant
9.	1997/10～2015/03	Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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■ Conference presentations

1.	2026/02/10	Governance and Value: A Disaggregated Environmental, Social, and Governance Analysis of Corporate Financial Performance in Philippine Publicly Listed Firms (Philippine Institute for Development Studies Research Workshop)
2.	2024/05/22	Labor Inclusivity and Skilled Labor Mobility in the Philippines and the ASEAN Region (Philippine Institute for Development Studies Public Webinar Series)
3.	2024/02/06	Determinants of Capital Structure of Japanese Corporations: From Tangibility to Intangibility (Asia Pacific Business & Economics Research Society - Japan Winter Conference 2024)
4.	2016/11/06	Heritage Tourism: Opportunities for the Philippines (Asia Pacific Conference - APU)
5.	2016/03/09	Heritage Tourism: Opportunities for Batad, Philippines (International Conference on Business, Economics, and IT)
6.	2015/03/24	Environmental Accounting and Financial Performance of Japanese Automotive Companies: Revisiting the Direction of Relationships (International Conference on Business, Economics and Information Technology, Guam, USA)
7.	2015/02/09	Impact of transition to market economy on Human Development Index since the first days of independence: Comparison of the Kyrgyz Republic and the other Central Asian Republics (APUGSM Conferences 2015 Boracay Conference)
8.	2015/02/08	Simulating the effects of Abenomics on Japanese automotive manufacturers (APUGSM Conferences 2015 Boracay Conference)
9.	2012/03/20	Environmental Innovations and Financial Performance: The Case of Japanese Chemical Companies (International Conference on Business, Economics and IT, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
10.	2012/03/20	Fast Fashion Quadrangle: An Analysis (International Conference on Business, Economics and IT, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
11.	2012/03/19	The Determinants of Corporate Capital Structure: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing Companies (International Conference on Business, Economics, and IT)
12.	2012/03/18	Do environmental innovations, carbon emission, and waste affect financial performance and vice-versa? (International Conference on Business Economic and Information Technology)
13.	2011/03/01	Resource based view or slack availability of resources?: A Perception Survey of Japanese Automotive and Electronics Companies (2011 International Conference on Business Economics and Information Technology)
14.	2011/03/01	The virtuous cycles between environmental innovations and financial performance: case study of Japanese automotive and electronics companies (2011 International Conference on Business Economics and Information Technology)
15.	2011/02/28	Do Markets Care About Environmental Innovations? Evidence from the Tokyo Stock Exchange (2011 International Conference on Business Economics and Information Technology)
16.	2011/02/18	The accumulated slack theory of environmental and financial performance. (Globalization and Sustainability: Impact on Environment, Society and Business)
17.	2010/10/22	Environmental Innovations and Firm Financial Performance: Comparative Case Study of Japanese Automotive and Electronics Companies. (Final Dissertation Presentation. The Faculty of the Graduate School of Business, DLSU, Manila, Philippines)
18.	2010/07/25	Sustainability and financial performance: a case study of Japanese electronics companies (International Conference of the Asia Pacific Business Innovation and Technology Management Society)
19.	2010/06/14	Sustainability innovations and the impact on financial performance of Japanese automotive and electronics companies. (Greening of Industry Network, South Korea, 2010)
20.	2010/03/12	The impact of environmental innovations on financial performance: The case of Japanese automotive and electronics companies (4th Philippine Institute of Industrial Engineers Research Conference)
21.	2010/03/01	The impact of environmental innovations on financial performance: The case of Japanese automotive and electronics companies (International Conference on Business, Economics and Information Technology)
22.	2010/02/19	The Japanese Multinational Enterprise Influence on Sustainability Reporting Practices of their Philippine Subsidiaries: A Theoretical Review (2nd International Research Conference on Entrepreneurship)
23.	2010/01/24	Maximizing Resource Productivity for Japanese Manufacturing Company Subsidiaries in the Philippines (International Conference of Asia Pacific Business and Information Technology Management)
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■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI

1.	2011～2012	Issues and Prospects on the Movement of Natural Persons and Temporary Migration in Philippine-European Union Partnership (Key Word : )
2.	2009～2009	Concentric Diversification: The of Concepcion Industries (Key Word : family,business,diversification)
3.	2009～2009	Conglomerate Diversification: The Case of Ayala Corporation (Key Word : conglomerate,diversification,accounting)
4.	1997～1998	Opportunities and constraints in business process outsourcing for accounting and shared financial services in the Philippines (Key Word : )

■ Qualification and licenses

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1997/10/05

Certified Public Accountant(95303)

■ Educational ability

● Announcement concerning education
1.	2014/11/19	Basic and Advanced Statistics Workshop
● Matter that should be mentioned specially in others educational activity
1.	2015/01/15	Class observation for AACSB accreditation
2.	2014/04/01～2018/12/28	Participation and presentation in academic conferences

■ Exhibitions, concerts, and competitions

1.	2024/03/16～2024/03/24	Sauder Summit International Case Competition (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
2.	2023/06/01～2023/11/30	CFA Research Challenge (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Center)
3.	2023/04/01～2023/06/30	CFA Ethics Challenge (FinGate Kayaba, Tokyo)

■ Homepage

Personal Website

■ External Researcher ID

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7376-5077